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Ali Wong won lead actress in a limited series for Beef last night at the Emmys. Beef also took home outstanding limited series and writing for a limited series. Ali’s costar, Steven Yeun, won for lead actor. That show has been sweeping the awards season. Ali was seated next to her boyfriend Bill Hader, who was nominated in a few categories for Barry, and they kissed (again!) when she won. I’m half rooting for them now.
Ali wore a Louis Vuitton dress with a silver sequin top, mesh netting and a floral skirt. In photos this looks messy like two dresses put together, but on camera it’s kind of striking and pretty due to how the skirt shimmers. The sequin work is incredible. It’s still a bit weird, but I see what they were going for and she looks great. I love how she switches up her glasses for the occasion. Ali’s acceptance speech was short, sweet and moving. Seeing all these awards for Beef, particularly the showrunner Lee Sung Jin, makes me want to watch it.
Dominique Fishback was also nominated in Ali’s category, for Swarm. She was in a baby blue Miu Miu ball gown with crystal embellishments. I saw her CW red carpet interview with her mom, whom she brought as her date, and she said that she got the role by asking Donald Glover for the lead instead of a secondary role she auditioned for. Obviously that worked out well for her! I’ve seen Dominique in The Hate U Give and Project Power and she’s such a good actress. We’ll definitely be seeing more of her. She said she felt like a princess and she looked like one too.
Lizzy Caplan was up for this category for Fleishman Is In Trouble. She was in a black strapless Yohji Yamamoto gown from 1999! (Thanks Just Jared for the ID.) No wonder I liked this dress, it’s goth and vintage. I love the tulle/organza(?) details at the bustline. We’ve seen a lot of that this season and it works.
Kathryn Hahn was in a bizarre Chanel with a sheer blouse accented by a frayed tie, a ruffle bib and a fussy skirt with a frayed hem. Maybe I’m not getting the look, but it’s a mess overall. She is somewhat pulling it off with her attitude. She looks comfortable and you could tell in her interview on E! that she was having a good time. Katherine was nominated in this category for Tiny Beautiful Things.
Other than the fact that the fit and lines of the dress are perfect for her, I cannot put my finger on why I like Ali Wong’s dress so much. The texture and colour of the sequin part of the bodice are so weird with the rest. But, what can I say, it just works as a whole on her. She looks great.
Kathryn Hahn’s dress maybe needed some better underpinnings, but the reanimated dead schoolmarm look is kind of cool on her, too.
Ali’s dress is a party on top AND a party on bottom, just different parties. Katherine likes looks awesome, I wish the underbra blended with the rest of the top. Dominique FOES look like a princess~
I love Lizzy Caplan so much. I wish she was in all the things, all the time. Someone tell Christina Ricci this is how you do bangs and a black dress.
Yes, love her! She was excellent in Fleishman.
Ali Wong’s dress hurt my eyes.
Love Ali’s dress. One of the best LV has done! I actually wish she would take the glasses off for formal events!
Not everyone wants to/or likes wearing contacts.
I think she looks really cute with the glasses
Me too! It really draws me to her, she looks lovely. I’d love to see more glasses at formal events. Speaking for myself, I think I look better with my glasses on most of the time (they are a little smaller than Ali’s) and I don’t often have makeup on so they give my fair skinned face some definition.
The dress is ok and would have been fine at another event but this was Beef’s equivalent to the Oscar’s. She could have gone all out glam it was her moment.
Katheryn Han looks a little underdressed too but she probably knew she wouldn’t win so it’s fine.
Good for Wong, I guess. The David Choe situation is not something I can get past. They hired, defended and are friends with the guy. Yuck.
Katherine Hahn is usually my favorite in anything she’s in. At some previous event she wore something short and I thought If I had Katherine hahns legs I’d never cover them up
Same with Nicole Kidman, no idea why they don’t show them off more
Obviously their body their choice lol legs like that would be a novelty to me so I’d show them off